Mogadishu

Somalia gunmen seize two more vessels

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - An Indian warship destroyed a pirate ship in the Gulf of Aden and gunmen from Somalia seized two more vessels despite a large international naval presence off their lawless country.

Saudis wait for contact from pirates over hijacked tanker

MOGADISHU - The operators of a hijacked Saudi tanker carrying 100 million dollars of oil were waiting Wednesday for further contact from the Somali bandits who staged their biggest act of piracy yet. Seized on Saturday in the...

How the War on Terror pushed Somalia into the arms of al-Qaeda

By Martin Fletcher (THE TIMES, 18/11/08): As President Bush prepares to leave office, the pundits will start to produce their balance sheets. It is hard to know what they will list under “achievements”, but easy to predict...

Somalia: Analysis of a failed state

Somalia's collapse into anarchy almost two decades ago created a uniquely explosive combination By David Blair, Diplomatic Editor At a stroke, the Horn of Africa acquired a failed state with 2,000 miles of coastline skirting...

Islamists poised to seize Somalia again in setback to U.S.

NAIROBI, Kenya — Al Shabaab, a radical Islamist group that U.S. officials say is tied to al Qaida, has methodically seized much of southern Somalia and is poised to take the capital, Mogadishu, as the country's internationally...

New AU Peacekeepers Army Base Attacked

More than 3,400 AU peacekeeping forces are in Mogadishu those based specific locations but they do little to do the violence in Mogadishu. Read comments. Write your own. AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over 125...

Somali Militias Near Outskirts of Mogadishu

Professor Abdi Samatar - The new Islamic insurgency is still on the move, currently about 18 kilometers from the capital Mogadishu. On Saturday, President Abdullahi Yusuf said Somalia’s transitional government (TFG) maintains...

Rival Islamists clash near Somali capital killing 6

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Rival Islamist militia have fought in a town just outside Somalia's capital Mogadishu, illustrating splits in the forces ranged against the government and its Ethiopian military backers.

Armed Groups Torture Ex-Disabled Soldiers

Mogadishu The bodyguards of food aid truck vehicles have tortured disabled former soldiers living in ex-Martini disabled national forces in Mogadishu on Monday, victims said. One of the victims Abdi Mahad told Shabelle that him...

Six Killed in Blasts, Assassinations

Somalia: Six Killed in Blasts, Assassinations Posted to the web 17 November 2008 At least six people were killed in Sunday guerrilla attacks in parts of Somalia, including the targeted killings of three businessmen in...

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